Matching
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IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
Match each item with the
correct statement below. You will not use all the items. a. | social welfare
programs | b. | direct primary | c. | home rule | d. | municipal |
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having to do with city government
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a limited degree of self-government for cities
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efforts made by the government to ensure a basic standard of living for all
Americans
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election in which voters cast ballots to select nominees for upcoming
elections
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KEY TERMS
Match each term to its description below. a. | initiative | b. | referendum | c. | recall |
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citizens approve or reject a law passed by the legislature
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citizens propose new laws
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voters remove public officials from office
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS
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Which did municipal reformers favor in the early 1900s?
a. | strong, independent political machines | b. | city control of utilities | c. | abolishment of home
rule | d. | federal regulation of city services |
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Reformers wanted to provide citizens with more affordable services (like water
and electricity) by transferring control of urban utilities to ___________
a. | private enterprise. | b. | the federal government. | c. | holding
companies. | d. | the city. |
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The new Federal Labor Department supported legislation that would benefit
__________
a. | national forests. | b. | utilities and other
monopolies. | c. | women and children. | d. | the nation’s poorest
citizens. |
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Abolish child labor (must be 14 years old to work)
a. | a Federal Reform | c. | a Municipal Reform | b. | a State Reform | d. | a Rural reform |
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Laws to regulate the food industry
a. | a Federal Reform | c. | a Municipal Reform | b. | a State Reform | d. | a Rural reform |
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Provided housing for the homeless
a. | a Federal Reform | c. | a Municipal Reform | b. | a State Reform | d. | a Rural reform |
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Made fire drills compulsory
a. | a Federal Reform | c. | a Municipal Reform | b. | a State Reform | d. | a Rural reform |
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Short Answer
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ANALYZING A DOCUMENT
The excerpt below, about men seeking work in the
meatpacking industry, is from Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle. Read the excerpt, and
then answer the questions below.
All day long the gates of the
packing houses were besieged by starving and penniless men; they came, literally, by the thousands
every single morning, fighting with each other for a chance for life. Blizzards and cold made no
difference to them, they were always on hand. . . . Sometimes their faces froze, sometimes their feet
and hands; sometimes they froze all together—but still they came, for they had no other place
to go. . . .
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What problems of concern to Progressives does this passage address?
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What were Sinclair’s probable goals in writing this passage?
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In what ways is the excerpt an example of “muckraking”?
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